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It's intended for retro gaming, so the resolution isn't seen to be a major issue.

One small correction though: VGA is 640x480, so this is one quarter of that. I still remember playing the original Tomb Raider in 320x240 because my computer wasn't fast enough for high resolution mode (does anybody else remember Cirrus Logic graphics cards?)

It's intended for retro gaming, so the resolution isn't seen to be a major issue.

Still, a 640x480 display would make way more sense to me and shouldn't be that expensive.
There are plenty of mid-90s (retro) games which featured that resolution.
Furthermore, upscaling from 320x240 is trivial and loss-free.

Originally Posted by archibald

One small correction though: VGA is 640x480

Thanks. Strange, I'd bet back in those days VGA referred to 320x240, wheres SVGA referred to 640x480.
Now I read (Wikipedia) that the former is called QVGA while SVGA refers to a resolution of 800x600.

To be fair to the Pandora, it was a true grass roots effort and they had a bloody hard slog getting it out the door. It's a miracle it was even released at all. They weren't lucky enough to have Kickstarter in the beginning. It would probably be more popular if it weren't so expensive. I don't know what the Zero will retail at but I wouldn't be surprised if it were in the same ballpark.

Thanks. Strange, I'd bet back in those days VGA referred to 320x240, wheres SVGA referred to 640x480.
Now I read (Wikipedia) that the former is called QVGA while SVGA refers to a resolution of 800x600.

IIRC VGA was 640x480 16 colour, PGC was 640x480 256 colour, and SVGA is usually 800x600. I think XGA was next at 1024x768.

EDIT... changed original 640x400 for VGA to 640x480. The 320x200 res was for 256 colours, and it used 400 active lines in text mode, but I guess it always was 640x480 in graphics mode. Also corrected "PGA" to "PGC".

Hello. I'm a developer involved in the GCW Zero project and I have a prototype unit.
First, thanks for the coverage. It means a lot to us that we are mentioned in Linux related news services. If anybody has any questions about this handheld, I'll be happy to answer them.